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The Moon on Monday, February 6, 1939: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

16.9days

Moon phase on February 6, 1939Waning Gibbous

Monday 6 February 1939362,548 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, February 6, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 16.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.9 dMoon age
362,548 km225,277 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to February 6, 1939 is on Saturday, February 4, 1939 at 07:55 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, February 19, 1939 at 08:28 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, February 4, 193907:55
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, February 11, 193904:12

The Moon around February 6

More about this date

Monday, February 6, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of January 20, 1939 to the new moon of February 19, 1939, a cycle of 29.79 days.